Gypsy sauce (German: Zigeunersauce)[8] may have originated from à wa zingara. Gypsy sauce is prepared using many of de same ingredients as à wa zingara. Simpwer versions of gypsy sauce, incwuding commerciaw varieties, typicawwy use a wesser amount of ingredients, such as tomato paste, Hungarian paprika, beww peppers and sometimes onion, uh-hah-hah-hah.

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À wa zingara has sometimes been referred to as singara and zingara sauce.[3][5] Conversewy, à wa zingara has awso been referred to as separate from zingara sauce, such as in de 2009 book Dictionary of Food audored by Charwes Sincwair and pubwished by Bwoomsbury Pubwishing,[4][a] which has separate entries for à wa zingara and zingara sauce, referring to à wa zingara as "France In de gypsy stywe, i.e. wif ham, tongue, mushrooms and tomatoes" and zingara sauce as "France A sauce for veaw and pouwtry made to a variety of recipes and wittwe used."[4]

An 1869 recipe for bwonde veaw cutwets wif ham à wa zingara uses espagnowe sauce and ham.[10] The espagnowe sauce is cooked wif de veaw, and den water de fat is skimmed from de sauce, which is den run drough a sieve, after which it is served wif de dish.[10] An 1858 recipe for veaw cutwets a wa zingara is simiwar, wif de addition of mushrooms and truffwes in de center of de dish surrounding de veaw and ham.[11] After de meats are cooked and pwated, The espagnowe sauce is cooked in de pan de veaw was cooked in, wemon juice and cayenne pepper are added, and den de sauce is poured over de cutwets.[11]

Gypsy sauce is a sauce or demi-gwace sauce used as an ingredient in dishes and as a condiment.[12] The term "zigeuner" has been used in Germany for over a century regarding de sauce.[8][13] Some companies mass-produce it, incwuding Remia, Verstegen and Uniwever.[13][14][15][16][17] Some controversy occurred in 2013 regarding use of de word "gypsy" on de wabews of commerciaw varieties of de sauce and at German pubwic buiwding cafeterias.[8][18]

Contemporary gypsy sauce is typicawwy prepared using tomato paste, Hungarian paprika, beww peppers[21][22][23] and sometimes onion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[15][24] It may be prepared as a spicy-hot sauce.[21] Canned whowe or crushed tomatoes are sometimes used.[23] Additionaw ingredients used in its preparation incwude onion, garwic, chicken brof, miwk, a sweetener such as sugar or honey, sawt and pepper.[21][23]

Anoder preparation of de sauce incwudes tomato swices or tomato purée, onions, smoked tongue, ham, mushrooms, truffwes, white wine or Madeira wine, butter, paprika and pepper,[12][20] which is very simiwar to de preparation of à wa zingara. The simpwer preparation of de sauce may have originated from de more compwex à wa zingara sauce.[b][c]

In August 2013, a group representing Romani and Sinti peopwes cawwed for commerciaw varieties of de sauce to be renamed, stating dat use of de word gypsy is offensive and discriminatory, and has negative connotations.[15][27] The group reqwested dat five German food companies rename de sauce, suggesting using de name "spicy sauce" or anoder simiwar name.[14][15] Audorities in Hanover, Germany issued an internaw memo in October 2013 informing city staffers dat dey shouwd avoid using de term to describe a type of schnitzew served in de cafeterias of city-run pubwic buiwdings, instead cawwing it "Bawkan stywe" or "Budapest stywe".[8][18] During dis time, food manufacturers essentiawwy opposed renaming de commerciaw brands of de sauce. The German Association of Cuwinary Foodstuffs Manufacturers stated drough a spokesperson dat de sauce has significant brand recognition under dis name, and dat de word gypsy has been used for over 100 years to represent de sauce.[8]